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Nothing is truly perfect the first time, especially when you create things on a Samsung Galaxy tablet while typing with your thumbs at 34,000 feet during turbulence. You can do a whole slate of things[more…]

The Email app on your Samsung Galaxy tablet is used to access web-based e-mail, or webmail, such as Yahoo! and Windows Live. It also lets you read e-mail provided by your Internet service provider[more…]

The Samsung Galaxy Tab works flawlessly with Gmail. In fact, if Gmail is already set up to be your main e-mail address, you’ll enjoy having access to your messages all the time by using your tablet.[more…]

Non-Gmail e-mail you fetch on your Samsung Galaxy tablet is typically left on the e-mail server. That’s because the Email app, unlike a computer’s e-mail program, doesn’t delete messages after it picks[more…]

Twitter is a social networking site, similar to Facebook but far briefer, that you can use on your Samsung Galaxy tablet. On Twitter, you write short spurts of text that express your thoughts or observations[more…]

Your location, as well as the location of things near and far, is found on your Samsung Galaxy tablet by using the Maps app. Good news: You run no risk of improperly folding the Maps app. Better news:[more…]

You can look at a map all day, and unless you have a GPS, how would you know where you are? Your Samsung Galaxy tablet knows where you are. Not only does it have a GPS, but by using the Maps app, it can[more…]

Your Samsung Galaxy tablet has no trouble sniffing out a digital cellular signal, so it can access the Internet just about anywhere. Your laptop might not be so lucky. But hey: You’re already paying for[more…]

Finding something is only half the job. The other half is getting there. Your Samsung Galaxy tablet is ever-ready, thanks to the various direction and navigation features nestled in the Maps app.[more…]

Picture-taking and video-recording duties on your Samsung Galaxy tablet are handled by the same app, the Camera app. You may be able to find a shortcut to that app on the Home screen, and it also dwells[more…]

The Samsung Galaxy tablet’s camera is much more than just a hole in the case. Taking a picture or shooting a video can involve more than just touching an icon. To help you get the most from the tablet’s[more…]

A useful setting for the Samsung Galaxy tablet’s Camera app that most people ignore is the image resolution. That setting is routinely ignored on digital cameras as well, mostly because people don’t understand[more…]

Start the Gallery app by choosing its icon from the Apps screen on your Samsung Galaxy tablet, or you may find a shortcut lurking on the Home screen. When the Gallery app opens, you see pictures organized[more…]

The first time you start the Play Music app on your Samsung Galaxy tablet, you may be asked whether you’d like to try Google Play Music All Access. It’s an all-the-time music service from Google, available[more…]

The source of your musical joy on the Samsung Galaxy tablet is an app aptly named Play Music. You can find that app on the Apps screen. If you don’t see it there directly, look inside the Google folder[more…]

Odds are good that your Samsung Galaxy tablet came without preinstalled music. You may find some tunes available, which are typically a generic sampling of the Google Play Music library. To add music,[more…]

Your Samsung Galaxy tablet keeps constant, accurate track of the time, which is displayed at the top of the Home screen as well as on the lock screen. The display is lovely and informative, but it can’t[more…]

Feel free to throw away any datebook you have. You never need to buy another one again. That’s because your Samsung Galaxy tablet is the ideal datebook and appointment calendar. Thanks to the Calendar[more…]

Your Samsung Galaxy tablet comes with Google’s own e-book reader app. It has the clever name Play Books, and it can be found on the Apps screen either by its lonesome or in the Google apps folder.[more…]

After you locate an app, the next step is downloading, by copying it from the Google Play Store to your Samsung Galaxy tablet. The app is installed automatically, building up your collection of apps and[more…]

You don’t need to use the Play Store app on your Samsung Galaxy tablet to install apps. Using a computer, you can visit the Google Play website, choose software, and have the app installed remotely. It’s[more…]